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6 / 3 / 2010 - 6:47 PM KSA
A female Saudi activist was called for questioning by the General Intelligence Administration in Qatif.
Sources informed Rasid that the social and civil activist Lamiaa Al-Shoyoukh was put under repeated questioning for the past several months.
The questioning of Ms. Al-Shoyoukh started ...
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued its January 2010 report highlighting human rights status in many countries around the world. The report described human rights conditions in Saudi Arabia as poor. In February 2009 King Abdullah replaced conservatives in the religious ...
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A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a Saudi mother of three to 300 lashes for visiting government departments without a male guardian escort and for filing a complaint to the Saudi King against government officials for corruption and misuse of ...
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The institution of male guardianship in Saudi Arabia is the only measure that grants a Saudi woman the status of an existent, that gives her permission to exercise the right to life, that allows her to enjoy the pleasures of ...
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In a ground-breaking move, a delegation of nine prominent Saudi women arrived in Paris in December bearing the bold message that the status of women was changing in their highly conservative country.
The presence in France of these well-educated, highly articulate ...
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A recent report by a German independent institute profiled Saudi Arabia transformational aspects from several angles. The report covers history and characteristics of transformation, democracy, political participation, rule of law and, of course, economy. Salient features of the report are ...
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More than 300 girls participated in the first walking Marathon which was organized to support the environment and women causes.
The Marathon took place on the coastal view of Qatif city, East of Saudi, as part of the Second Environment Festival ...
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Saudi Shia worshippers in Khobar city were forced to perform their prayers in their neighborhood streets as wahhabi extremists prevented them from using a nearby Sunni mosques they used to perform their prayers in it.
Several worshippers informed Rasid that a ...
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Late Thursday night, Saudi authorities released the prominent Shia figure Sayed Mohammad Baqer Al-Nasser after being detained for hour when for performing Jama'a prayer in one of the Sunni mosques.
Sources informed Rasid that Eastern Province Governance (Emara) ordered Criminal Intelligence ...
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Circumstances of the Arrest
Following the bombing of Khobar Towers in June 1996, which killed a number of American soldiers in Saudi Arabia, Saudi authorities have launched a wide campaign of arrests, including many citizens. Many of these citizens belong to ...
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Saudi authorities withdrew passports of tens of Shia citizens coming from visiting the holy shrines in Iraq.
Sources informed Rasid that about 50 Shia citizens coming from Iraq via Bahrain were harshly treated at passport check point on King Fahad Causeway.
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